He’s Just Too Good!
AP - Jericho Scott warms up
I read an article today on Fox News (I read both Fox and CNN so I can get both sides) that floored me. A little boy (Jericho Scott) was disqualified from a Connecticut baseball league because he was too good. Are you kidding me?
It seems his pitching is a little too accurate and fast.
I bet if he won the spelling bee too fast or the science club project too easily noone would have a word to say other than ‘way to go Jericho’!!!
I am sure this is going to work itself out just fine. However, this is an example of a serious underlying problem in our society. We are all working toward the weakest link so that nobody gets offended. People are saying that this is a developmental league or some other excuse. Well, its time to develop some skills to hit and its time to develop a sense that you need to work HARD to become good. So, get to work. Stop Whining! Start winning because you strive to meet or exceed excellence.
If we continue to teach the upcoming generations that we are going to coddle you, we are going to place you where it is easy for you to succeed, we are going to build for ourselves a generation of entitled, lazy, “I give up” because it is just too hard young men and women. Maybe the developmental part of this should be for the parents to realize it is time to teach our youngsters how to handle disappointment, discouragement and fortitude.
Where did our sense of excellence go? Make sure when you come up against excellence that you strive to meet or exceed the level of excellence that is being “shown” to you as a gift.
By the way, “Kick butt Jericho!”
You are excellent!
Rob Wheeler
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